October 2018 saw the opening of Tūranga, our new Central Library. The Discovery Wall is one of the showcase attractions in the library, and is also where Photo Hunt entries can be found. The images can viewed online, and on the Discovery Wall in Tūranga - as well as at the mobile wall that is…

Today we know the Ilam Homestead as the University of Canterbury's staff club and for its connections to the Parker-Hulme case, but another house existed on the site and burnt down in 1910. This wooden house was built in the 1850s for the Hon. J. C. Watts Russell, a prominent early settler. It changed hands…

Nearly eight years on, the yearning for a vibrant city centre still persists, but there is hope. Hope captured in the moments of collective celebration; the intimacy between two young students; the connection between friends and neighbours as they work, live and play - all within the boundaries of an inner city reinventing itself. In…

3 March 1983. Students, Tim Brooks, Karen O'Donnell, Richard Lake, Carol Hooke, Mark Alexander, and Shona Osmond having a champagne breakfast at Deans Avenue-Blenheim Road roundabout. Do you have any photographs of student life in Christchurch? If so, feel free to contribute to our collection. The Discovery Wall is a large interactive exhibition which allows several people to simultaneously explore…

The fourth in a series of posts that looks at the history of the central Christchurch sites on which your new library, Tūranga, has been built. If you were standing in front of the spot now taken up by Tūranga's Goods Entrance on Gloucester Street on the evening of 6 November 1872 you would have been looking across…

The third in a series of posts that looks at the history of the central Christchurch sites on which your new library, Tūranga, has been built. Next to Cathedral Chambers/Hobbs' Corner was the home of the Lyttelton Times and the Star. The Lyttelton Times originally set up in Lyttelton with the printing press that arrived on the Charlotte…

We take it for granted now, but it's really not that long that Christchurch has had a city council that covered the whole city - only since 1989. Before that was not only the Christchurch City Council (established in 1862) but also the Waimairi, Paparua, Halswell, and Heathcote County Councils, the Riccarton Borough Council, and the…

October is Photo Hunt month at Christchurch City Libraries. We invite you to share any of your photos and help grow the city's photographic archive. All entries must be received by 31 October. Christchurch City Libraries has produced a set of four postcards promoting the competition which are available from your local library. From a…

Photo of Phyllis in a Boer War uniform. On the back of the photo:" Happy Returns Tom, April 27th 1915, from sister Phyllis." Date: 7 April 1915. Entry in the 2016 Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt by Beverley Dickson. About Photo Hunt October is Photo Hunt month at Christchurch City Libraries. We invite you to share any…